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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Source: Gawker attracted only two formal takeover bids, from Ziff Davis and Univision; if outbid by Univision, Ziff Davis is entitled to a $2.47M breakup fee — Gawker Media, driven into bankruptcy in June after losing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to Hulk Hogan, has attracted formal takeover offers …
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Mediaite, FishbowlNY, Fast Company, @ahess247 and The Drum
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
An FAQ guide to Gawker Media's auction on Tuesday and the bidding process — Questions and answers — and the reason Gawker is like Lehman Brothers and GM. — Sometime in the next day or so, we should know who's going to buy Gawker Media: Bids for the bankrupt blog pioneer are due by 5 pm ET today …
Peter Thiel / New York Times:
Peter Thiel says he will support Hogan “until his final victory”, advocates a “Gawker bill” that would criminalize profiting from explicit private images — Last month, I spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because I believe our country is on the wrong track …
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
Peter Thiel's NYT op-ed is full of contradictions and distortions; writer of the original Gawker story says the site did not out him as gay at all — On the eve of Gawker Media's sale to ... somebody, the author of its bankruptcy, Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel, was graciously given op-ed space …
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@perrych, @colvinius, @pennyred, @bafeldman, Fortune and USA Today
John Koblin / New York Times:
Larry Wilmore's “Nightly” show, Comedy Central's replacement for The Colbert Report, cancelled as network says it hasn't resonated with audiences — In the midst of a wild and unpredictable presidential campaign, Comedy Central is upending its late-night lineup and canceling Larry Wilmore's show.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In bid to sign up new Prime subscribers, Amazon distributes pilot episodes from Amazon Video's original series on Facebook and YouTube — Amazon this morning announced that, for the first time ever, it will begin distributing its Original Series from Amazon Video to social media sites, including Facebook and YouTube.
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Broadcasting & Cable and Variety
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Profile of Bill Shine, newly appointed Fox News co-president and longtime Fox loyalist, who for years was known as Roger Ailes' right-hand man — Bill Shine, the newly appointed co-president of Fox News, commutes two hours every morning from Long Island to Midtown Manhattan …
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The Wrap, @nytimesbusiness, @oliverdarcy, @mlcalderone, @gabrielsherman, @greta, @grynbaum, @matthaber, @ennisnyt, @melbournecoal, Reynolds Center and Washington Post
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Wall Street Journal is making its paywall more flexible, with 24-hour guest passes for non-subscribers and expanded social sharing — The Wall Street Journal's proposition has, for many years, been clear: Pay for our journalism, including online. — Many do: The Journal recently hit …
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FishbowlNY and Techdirt
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Joe Brown, executive editor of Wired, will take over as editor in chief of Popular Science; he's the magazine's fourth editor in four years — He's the magazine's fourth editor in chief in four years. — Popular Science has had three editors in four years.
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@reckless, @davegershgorn, @popsci, @katiedrumm, @joemfbrown, @mmoyr, Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
Bill Adair / Poynter:
More than 100 news outlets are now routinely fact-checking politicians' statements , up more than 50% in the past year — Political reporters are showing that fact-checking isn't just for fact-checkers. — After Donald Trump declared repeatedly last week that President Obama and Hillary Clinton …
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@poynter, @gravesmatter, @porter_anderson and WCDC-TV
Jena McGregor / Washington Post:
As his fifth anniversary as Apple CEO approaches, Tim Cook reflects on his tenure and Apple's future: mistakes, progress made, acquisitions, services, content — Apple's CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
As Arianna Huffington steps down, the website she founded is an outmoded portal with lagging traffic — The Huffington Post was breezily dismissed as Arianna Huffington's vanity play when it launched in 2005. But it proved doubters wrong by building a massive online audience …
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